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F. VOGEL.

TRACK LINWG JACK.

APPLICATION mm JAN. 2. H419.

1,308,310. Patented July 1, MU.

Wa ne ATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK VOGEL, 0F WYETH. OREGON.

TRACK-DINING J ACK.

1 To (1 who/HEN may mare/n:

liq ii knghi'n that I. l naonnnu; Voorai, a i'iiizei'. 'ol'llhe United States, residing at \l' vel thin the, ounty of lloml River. Stale of Oregon. ha e invenlell eerlain new and useful improvements in 'lrark-liiiningJaeks; aml i ll) hereby ileelare lhe following to he a lull. eleai'. ainl exact ileseription of lhe in- \enlinn. such as will enable others skilled in lhe art in" which it appertains to make and one the. Same.

The iniention relates to a track liner or jaih and has for ils primary object, lo proville a ileriee of this ehararter. wherein minimum lahor is required in the handling thereof so that the railway fraelc can he properly lined with llespateh and avoid the nveesnil of the use: of a. plurality of implements ordinarily employed for this purpose, the ileviee being of novel construction so that it can he readily and easily adjusted to suit lhe occasion, for ihe lifting and the positioning of a track rail at the proper point and for l'he animnafiie handling of the. rail in lhe lining of the track.

Another object. of the invention is. lhe lli'ln'in'lnll (35a, (levieo of this character, which readily portable. simple in construction. lhoronghly reliable arnl efficient in operation. strong'ilurahle and inexpensive to inannl 'arture.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention eonsisis in the features of con sfraelion, eoinhinatiz'm anal arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter fully described in the aeeonipanying drawing and peintetl out in th eiainis hereunto appended.

Figure i, is. a verti al transverse sectional view lhrough a. traek -ahoniug the. device constructed in aecm-ilanee wilh the iuvention. positioned for lining one of the rails of tile hai'lt.

Fig. 2, is a top plan view'thereof removed from the track.

Fig. 3, is a vertical View.

Fig. 4. is a vertical iransverge sectional View on the line 4-& of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5. is a sectional view on the line 5---5 of Fig. l.

Fig. (i. is afragmentary verlieal longitudinal eeetional View through the. lifting her and the. foot showin in detail the coupling; or eonnection there wtwecn.

Similar reference characters indieale cmlongitudinal scstional Specification of Letters Patent.

'fnhruin pivot or pin 11' having pivotell lai'enlml July 1,1919.

bpplication flled January 2, 1919. Serial No. 269.198.

responding parts thronghonl lhe several \leWs in the ilrawin likl l'll'lllgl lo the lll'2l\\ ing in ilelail. the ilw \il'e ('(illlpl'lhl a ham l'ranuinrlniling a hottom 10 formed with spared verlii'al siiles ll rising lherei l'oln. which are lll |lUHPll in parallel relation to earh olher alnl constitute a ehannel spare. l2 longilnilinall lln-ough the haSe frame. The luml'rnnn' through out one end portion is of ouln'arill lapel-ell formation to constitute a nudge exien ion 1 which is ailapteil in la hwli'lfllllll lwnealli the rail 14 oi a railwa inn-h when the lane frame A is supported up n the hell halla-l for lhe l'rael-I, the laml'ram iii-inppodtioneii :11 one point heln'evn lhe IWHHr ilPh upon which lhe mil. H of \he iiaal; are supported.

The sides or (lllllh ll oi lhe haw l'ranie intermediaw Hie enrl. thereof are enlargei Hi; 15 to lnl'l'eflfie ilh lillgjhl Hl zliil shhw lll' cheeks. and fornnal in lhi enlargenwni 17: are elongated slols lii u'hii'h are alighll angularly disposed relative in the perpen- (lienlar or vertieal axis alnl in whivh isliilahly fitted anrl trnnsverwl v lil5 (l a mounlml thereon between the sides H or (he l'llll'lir' a ocking operaling arm in in Whirl] is Illlill'llahly fitted a handle l9 and this arm ronstir utes the main operaling or eonirolling' ll' er of the device.

The pivot or fulcrum pin 17 is varrieil in a fork or fureatmi upp r enll -20 of a i'nh-rino block 21 which is located in lhe ehnnnel U of the linse frame. A. and is tfllilpltli in play upon an IHljllStllllll wedge hapeil hlovl; 1:2 slidahly anpporieil upon the holtom ill in the r-hannel 12 to more longiinilinall in the haSo frame alnl lhel'eh raising or lowering. lhe fulerum lllfil'li' 21. lo vary the leverage of the operating arm 15%. as will he apparent, the adjusting hloeh '3! heing manually operaled in a manner presently (19' scribed. fl

Arranged iorwarilly or in admin-v of the operating arm 19 in the ehannel 12. in lhe hose frame A, ancl adapted to rent upon the bottom 1." of said frame. is a ereeper or slide foot. 23 ha ring a hall socket lifilll 24in which is loonely engaged the hall terminal 25 of a lifting liar 2G. whirl] at il's ol her end is piw Oiltl al 27 to a raising and lowering link 28 at 29 to llninner or free end of the arm 19. so that. the lifting ha! 26 operating direction of the wedge ex is inclined in the tension 13 of the base frame A, and is ada ited to be disposed in bridring relation in Death the track rail 14 to be operated upon for lifting and moving said rail when the device is operated for the purpose of lining the track.

The creeper or foot 23 as the rail 1 l acted upon approaches the other rail of the track, will cree or slide upon the bottom 10 of the base rame A, so that the lifting bar will follow the rail 14 in the operation of the devicc. It is of wurse understood that the link 28 is disposed inwardly at an angle toward the rail operated upon so that the lifting bar 26 will not have retrograde movement in the operation of the device.

Pivot-ed to one of the sides or checks ll of the base trans A. is a hand lever 30 which is formed with a crank inner end 31, carrying a laterally connecting pin 32 to engage in a vertical channel 33 in a tail' 'iiece 34 formed on the wedge shaped block 22, so that the lever 3H when actuated will slide the block 22 to vary the elevated iosition of the fulcrum block 21, and thereby increasing or de creasing the leverage of the operating arm 18 which is manually actuated to control the lifting bar 26 in the use of the device for lining track rails.

if desired, the foot or creeper 23 can be made stationary in the base frame A which will not interfere with the working of the lifting bar 26 to raise and move the track and rail 14, in the use of the device as a track liner or jack.

What. is claimed is:

I. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a rocking lever supported within the base for raising and lowering movement, a fulcrum block for said lever, means for aising and lowering the fulcrum block, and a lifting bar having link connection with said level.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a rocking lever supported within the base for raising and lowering movement, a fulcrum block for said lever, means for raisin Y and lowering the fulcrum block, a lifting liar having link connection with said lever, and means for swingiugly supporting the outer end of the lifting bar.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a rocking lever supported within the base for raising and lowering movement, a fulcrum block for said lever, means for raising and lowering the fulcrum block, a lifting bar having link connection with said lever, means for swingingly supporting the outer end of the lifting bar, and means for actuating and raising and lowering means for the fulcrum blockv 4. A. device of the character described. comprising a base, a rocking lever supported within the base for raising and lowering movement, a fulcrum block for said lever, means for raising and lowering the fulcrum block, a lifting bar having link connection with said lever, means for swingingly supporting the outer end of the lifting bar, means for actuating the raising and lowering means for the fulcrum block, and sides on the base frame and forming a channel therebetween for the fulcrum block and the raising and lowering means therct'ou 5. A track lining jack comprising a channel base frame having slots in its sides, a rocking arm arranged between the sides and having a pivot pin slidable in the slots, a fulcrum block mounted on the pivot pin, a wedge shape member to raise and lower the fulcrum block, a foot in advance of the rocking arm and resting upon the base, a lifting bar swingingly connected to the foot,and a linlcpivot conneetingithe lifting bar and rocking lever.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK VOGEL. Witnesses:

J. W. Calms,

ANNA R. MELLUN. 

